Essayist Collection (page 3)

Sir Richard Steele, pseud. Isaac Bickerstaff, (1672-1729) was an English essayist, dramatist, journalist, and politician, best known as principal author (with Joseph Addison)

Thomas Carlyle (1795-1881) was a British historian, satirical writer, essayist, translator, philosopher, mathematician, and teacher. Date: 1875

Mr Addison, engraved by George Vertue (1684-1756), 1721 (engraving)
CWA123959 Mr Addison, engraved by George Vertue (1684-1756), 1721 (engraving) by Kneller, Godfrey (1646-1723) (after); City of Westminster Archive Centre, London

Oliver Goldsmith (1730-74) c. 1864-65 (bronze)
XYC239151 Oliver Goldsmith (1730-74) c.1864-65 (bronze) by Foley, John Henry (1818-74); 99.1x38.1x33 cm; Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, USA; Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Brian P

Michel Eyquem de Montaigne (1533-92) from Le Plutarque Francais by E
CHT211304 Michel Eyquem de Montaigne (1533-92) from Le Plutarque Francais by E. Mennechet, 1835 (colour engraving) by Dupont, H

Portrait of Thomas Carlyle (1795-1881) 1866 (oil on canvas)
CW212381 Portrait of Thomas Carlyle (1795-1881) 1866 (oil on canvas) by Henderson, T. (fl.1864-66); 50.8x40.6 cm; Private Collection; eChristopher Wood Gallery, London, UK; English, out of copyright

Baron Ludvig Holberg (1684-1754) and the title page of Volume I of his History of Denmark
CHT233038 Baron Ludvig Holberg (1684-1754) and the title page of Volume I of his History of Denmark, published in Copenhagen, 1732 (engraving) (b/w photo) by Fritzsch

Portrait of Marcel Proust (1871-1922) 1900 (b / w photo)
CHT224215 Portrait of Marcel Proust (1871-1922) 1900 (b/w photo) by French Photographer; Private Collection; eArchives Charmet; out of copyright

Self Portrait (oil on canvas)
MAI46509 Self Portrait (oil on canvas) by Hazlitt, William (1788-1836); Maidstone Museum and Art Gallery, Kent, UK; eMaidstone Museum and Bentlif Art Gallery; eMaidstone Museum

Dr. Thomas Beddoes (1760-1808) (pastel)
BAG13628 Dr. Thomas Beddoes (1760-1808) (pastel) by Sharples, James (c.1751-1811); Bristol Museum and Art Gallery, UK; eBristol Museums, Galleries & Archives; English, out of copyright

Heinrich Heine, German poet and essayist, c1820 (litho)
5233991 Heinrich Heine, German poet and essayist, c1820 (litho) by European School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Heinrich Heine (1797-1856), German poet and essayist

Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-1894) British author best known for his bestselling books
5615714 Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-1894) British author best known for his bestselling books Treasure Island, Kidnapped and the Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde

Portrait of Hilaire Belloc, at his house, Kings Land, Shipley
TPG351582 Portrait of Hilaire Belloc, at his house, Kings Land, Shipley, West Sussex (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Portrait of Walt Whitman (1819-92) 1918 (oil on canvas)
BAL244826 Portrait of Walt Whitman (1819-92) 1918 (oil on canvas) by Grigoryev, Boris Dmitrievich (1886-1939); 90x87 cm; Museum of History, Architecture and Art, Pskov, Russia; Russian

Pierre-Simon (1749-1827) Marquis de la Place, from Gallery of Portraits
KW189097 Pierre-Simon (1749-1827) Marquis de la Place, from Gallery of Portraits, published in 1833 (engraving) by English School

Andre Suares (1868-1948) c. 1930-35 (b / w photo)
CHT218637 Andre Suares (1868-1948) c.1930-35 (b/w photo) by French Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; eArchives Charmet; French, out of copyright

Joseph Addison (engraving)
451652 Joseph Addison (engraving) by Houbracken, Jacobus (1698-1780); 36x23 cm; Wolverhampton Art Gallery, West Midlands, UK; (add.info.: Joseph Addison (1672-1719) English essayist, poet

Defoe in the Pillory at Temple Bar (litho)
475400 Defoe in the Pillory at Temple Bar (litho) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Daniel Defoe (1660-1731)

George Coleman, 1785 (engraving)
418523 George Coleman, 1785 (engraving) by English School, (18th century); 19.6x12.6 cm; Gerald Coke Handel Collection, Foundling Museum

Portrait of German poet and writer Heinrich Heine as a young man (engraving)
3647978 Portrait of German poet and writer Heinrich Heine as a young man (engraving) by German School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

24 Cheyne Walk, home of the Scottish essayist and historian Thomas Carlyle (b / w photo)
3637408 24 Cheyne Walk, home of the Scottish essayist and historian Thomas Carlyle (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: 24 Cheyne Walk)

Dr. Johnson at the Mitre, 1860 (pen & black ink on paper)
1202911 Dr. Johnson at the Mitre, 1860 (pen & black ink on paper) by Rossetti, Dante Gabriel Charles (1828-82); 22.2x21.7 cm; Fitzwilliam Museum, University of Cambridge

Statue of Plutarch (b / w photo)
1200133 Statue of Plutarch (b/w photo) by French Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Plutarch (later named, upon becoming a Roman citizen, Lucius Mestrius Plutarchus c)

Richard Cumberland, English writer
Richard Cumberland (1732-1811), English dramatist, essayist, pamphleteer and novelist. 1809

Michel de Montaigne, French philosopher (engraving)
3647948 Michel de Montaigne, French philosopher (engraving) by German School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Michel de Montaigne (1533-1592), French philosopher

Daniel Defoe in the pillory, 31st July 1703, illustration from Hutchinson
STC373536 Daniel Defoe in the pillory, 31st July 1703, illustration from Hutchinsons Story of the British Nation, c.1923 (litho) by Crowe

Ms 1-1942, p. 91 Page from Women in Fiction, published as A Room of One
FIT276968 Ms 1-1942, p.91 Page from Women in Fiction, published as A Room of Ones Own, 1929 (ink on paper) by Woolf, Virginia (1882-1941); 26.5x20.5 cm; Fitzwilliam Museum, University of Cambridge

Portrait of Hilaire Belloc, at his house, Kings Land, Shipley
TPG351583 Portrait of Hilaire Belloc, at his house, Kings Land, Shipley, West Sussex (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Portrait bust of Jonathan Swift (1667-1745) c. 1752 (marble)
LST223199 Portrait bust of Jonathan Swift (1667-1745) c.1752 (marble) by Nost, John van the Younger (fl.1750-87); height: 57.8 cm; Private Collection; (add.info)

Portrait of Thomas Carlyle, 19th century (oil on canvas)
AMO100871 Portrait of Thomas Carlyle, 19th century (oil on canvas) by Watts, George Frederic (1817-1904); 48x44 cm; Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford, UK; (add.info.: Thomas Carlyle (1795-1881)

Sir William Temple, 1st Baronet (1628-99) English statesman and essayist (engraving)
5892359 Sir William Temple, 1st Baronet (1628-99) English statesman and essayist (engraving) by Houbraken, Jacobus (1698-1780) & Vertue, George (1684-1756); Private Collection; out of copyright

The mother of Charles Peguy at his monument (b / w photo)
939878 The mother of Charles Peguy at his monument (b/w photo) by French Photographer (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Charles Pierre Peguy (1873-1914) was a French poet, essayist

Portrait of Arrigo Boito (1842 - 1918) (coloured engraving)
3585332 Portrait of Arrigo Boito (1842 - 1918) (coloured engraving) by Italian School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Arrigo Boito (1842 - 1918) was an Italian poet, journalist

Colebrook Cottage, Duncan Row, residence of Charles Lamb between 1823 and 1827 (b / w photo)
3637405 Colebrook Cottage, Duncan Row, residence of Charles Lamb between 1823 and 1827 (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Colebrook Cottage)

Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Russian novelist (engraving)
3647993 Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Russian novelist (engraving) by German School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Fyodor Dostoyevsky (1821-1881), Russian novelist

Lucien Anatole Prevost-Paradol, 1865-66 (litho)
2641215 Lucien Anatole Prevost-Paradol, 1865-66 (litho) by Lemoine, Auguste Charles (1822-69); Private Collection; (add.info.: Lucien Anatole Prevost-Paradol)

Charles Baudelaire, 1855 (photogravure)
STC398863 Charles Baudelaire, 1855 (photogravure) by Nadar (Gaspard Felix Tournachon) (1820-1910); Private Collection; (add.info.: Charles Baudelaire (1821-67)

Michel Eyquem de Montaigne (1533-92) (pencil on paper) (b / w photo)
CHT239736 Michel Eyquem de Montaigne (1533-92) (pencil on paper) (b/w photo) by Quesnel, Francois (1543-1619); Bibliotheque des Arts Decoratifs, Paris, France; eArchives Charmet; French

Joseph Addison, 1718 (oil on canvas)
3035881 Joseph Addison, 1718 (oil on canvas) by Kneller, Godfrey (1646-1723); 127x101.5 cm; Magdalen College, Oxford, UK; (add.info.: Joseph Addison (1 May 1672 - 17 June 1719), English essayist

Thomas Carlyle (1795-1881), 1872 (chalk)
CEC131748 Thomas Carlyle (1795-1881), 1872 (chalk) by Greaves, Walter (1846-1930); 32.8x24 cm; The Higgins Art Gallery & Museum, Bedford

Swifts Head, taken after death, and cast of the interior of Swifts cranium
1772349 Swifts Head, taken after death, and cast of the interior of Swifts cranium, from Gullivers Travels, published c.1875 (litho) by English School

Carlyle at Chelsea (engraving)
969224 Carlyle at Chelsea (engraving) by Allingham, Helen (1848-1926) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Carlyle at Chelsea. Thomas Carlyle (1795-1881), Scottish historian and essayist

Antonin Proust, c. 1884 (etching)
1071352 Antonin Proust, c.1884 (etching) by Rodin, Auguste (1840-1917); 11.4x6.7 cm; Dallas Museum of Art, Texas, USA; (add.info.: Antonin Proust (1832-1905)

Portrait of Walt Whitman in 1887, 1887 (albumen print)
3036332 Portrait of Walt Whitman in 1887, 1887 (albumen print) by Cox, George C. (1851-1902); (add.info.: Portrait of Walt Whitman by George C)

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Essayists are the literary architects of our thoughts and emotions, crafting words that resonate with readers across time and space. From George Orwell, the pseudonym of Eric Blair, to Borges, Jorge Luis, these essayists have left an indelible mark on literature. George Orwell's powerful voice echoed over the BBC airwaves in 1943 as he fearlessly spoke truth to power during a tumultuous era in London. His novels and essays continue to challenge societal norms and inspire critical thinking. Borges, an Argentinian poet turned essayist, wove intricate webs of imagination through his writings. With each word carefully chosen, he transported readers into surreal worlds where reality blurred with fiction. Charles Baudelaire's poetic prowess extended beyond verses; this French poet seamlessly transitioned into the realm of essay writing. His profound insights delved deep into human nature and society's underbelly. Leo Tolstoy may be renowned for his epic Russian novels like "War and Peace, " but his essays also showcased his philosophical musings on life's complexities. Through introspection and observation, Tolstoy offered profound wisdom that transcends borders. William Cobbett was not only an English political journalist but also a skilled essayist whose lithograph from the 19th century captures his influential presence. His sharp pen dissected social issues with precision while advocating for justice. Oscar Wilde exuded wit both in plays like "The Importance of Being Earnest" and in his captivating essays. This Irish playwright sat confidently in a chair while challenging societal conventions with every stroke of his pen. Daisetsu Teitaro Suzuki brought Zen Buddhism to Western audiences through his insightful essays. As a Japanese author living amidst cultural exchange in 1960s Japan, Suzuki bridged Eastern philosophy with Western thought beautifully. Aldous Leonard Huxley explored dystopian futures through novels like "Brave New World, " but he was equally adept at crafting thought-provoking essays.